Analysis of the total Flyway duck bag 
by species, as derived from data provided 
by the Duck Wing Survey, shows that the 
bag of mallards (457, 400) comprised 42 
percent of the total bag of all species. 
The bags of green-winged teal (125, 200), 
gadwall (116, 300), pintail (102,900), and 
American widgeon (80, 900), together with 
mallards, comprised 82 percent of the 
Flyway bag of all ducks. The bags of 
most species of ducks showed substantial 
increases over those of the previous year. 
The total Flyway goose bag of an 
estimated 264, 800 birds increased 37 per¬ 
cent over the previous season. An addi¬ 
tional 46, 700 geese were knocked down 
but not retrieved, for a total kill (bag 
plus cripples) of approximately 311, 500 
geese (table D-12). All States registered 
increases in the total goose bag as com¬ 
pared to the previous season, except 
Montana (-15%). 
An estimated 22, 700 coots were bag¬ 
ged in the Flyway, an increase of 125 
percent over the previous season. An 
additional 10, 300 coots were knocked 
down but not retrieved yielding a total kill 
(bag plus cripples) of about 33, 000 coots 
(table D-13). 
All States registered substantial in¬ 
creases in the total duck bag, due both 
to increases in the mean kill of ducks per 
hunter and in numbers of active hunters. 
A total of approximately 227, 750 water- 
fowl hunters were active during an esti¬ 
mated 1,471,600 hunter-days, register¬ 
ing increases of 42 and 43 percent, re¬ 
spectively, over the previous season. 
Mississippi Flyway 
An estimated 2, 519, 800 ducks were 
bagged in the Mississippi Flyway during 
the 1963-64 waterfowl season, an in¬ 
crease of 123 percent over the previous 
season (table D-14). An additional 
689, 500 ducks were knocked down but not 
retrieved, for a total kill (bag plus crip¬ 
ples) of approximately 3, 209, 400 ducks. 
Analysis of the total Flyway duck bag, 
by species, as derived from data pro¬ 
vided by the Duck Wing Survey, shows 
that the bags of nine species—mallard 
(925, 500), wood duck (372,300), blue¬ 
winged teal (197,800), lesser scaup 
(189,100), green-winged teal (164,100), 
ringnecked duck (123, 300), American 
widgeon (118,300), gadwall (109,100), 
and pintail (108, 700)—totaled 2,308, 200 
ducks or 91 percent of the Flyway bag 
of all species. The bags of most species 
of ducks showed substantial increases, 
except that the bag of greater scaup 
showed very little change (+2%) over the 
previous year. 
The total Flyway goose bag of an 
estimated 180, 700 birds increased 44 
percent over that of the previous season. 
An additional 35, 700 geese were knocked 
down but not retrieved, for a total kill 
(bag plus cripples) of approximately 
216,400 geese (table D-15). All States 
registered increases in the goose kill 
except Ohio (-4%), Alabama (-7%), and 
Indiana (-49%). 
An estimated 225, 900 coots were 
bagged in the Flyway, an increase of 
180 percent over that of the previous 
season. An additional 61, 900 coots 
were knocked down but not retrieved 
yielding a total kill (bag plus cripples) 
of about 287, 800 coots. 
All States registered substantial 
increases in the total duck bag. The 
increases were usually due both to an 
increase in active hunters and an in¬ 
crease in the mean duck kill per hunter. 
A total of approximately 497, 610 water- 
fowl hunters were afield during an 
estimated 3,141, 500 hunter-days, reg¬ 
istering increases of 39 and 46 percent, 
respectively, over the previous season 
(table D-16). 
Atlantic Flyway 
An estimated 889,100 ducks were 
bagged in the Atlantic Flyway during the 
1963-64 waterfowl season, an increase 
of 22 percent over the previous season 
(table D-17). An additional 220, 400 
ducks were knocked down but not re¬ 
trieved, yielding a total kill (bag plus 
cripples) of approximately 1,109, 500 
ducks. 
Analysis of the total Flyway duck bag 
by species, as derived from data pro¬ 
vided by the Duck Wing Survey, shows 
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